Frankel — who was in the Bahamas — also reportedly uploaded a video of the dolphins to Instagram with a caption that said, “See those dolphins out there?” The video, which resulted in numerous comments from disappointed fans, has since been deleted from Frankel's feed.

"I love you Bethenny, but you should really educate yourself on the realities of these 'swim with the dolphins programs,'" one follower reportedly commented on Frankel's video, according to People. "These are incredible smart animals that do not belong in captivity."

Other fans of the star took to Twitter to bring awareness to the exploitation of dolphins in these types of attractions. "What a miserable life these captive dolphins have," one person tweeted to Frankel. "No freedom, no choices from selfish resorts and uninformed tourists."

Although people often have good intentions when visiting swimming with dolphins attractions, "they aren't safe for people or dolphins," according to the Humane Society. Dolphins often travel hundreds of miles per day in the wild, and only spend 10 to 20 percent of their time at the water's surface. Unfortunately, swimming with dolphins attractions take these intelligent animals and put them into a drastically different environments. Additionally, many resorts are said to use wild caught dolphins, as opposed to those bred in captivity. The result is that the dolphins have a tendency to "become submissive or sexually aggressive when interacting with humans," as the Humane Society notes.

As PETA explains, the process of collecting dolphins for marine life attractions frequently results in unnecessary death of sea life. Dolphins are sometimes illegally captured, PETA claims, and in the process those that are "deemed less attractive" are killed and sold for their meat.

In her defense, Frankel did reportedly remove her post, and clarified that she hadn't intended to go to a swimming with dolphins attraction, which — to me — suggests sincerity. It's easy to share something to social media without understanding the impact it will have and perhaps Frankel took her fans' messages to heart.